Virus hope in US as WHO hails global progress

Virus hope in US as WHO hails global progress

The United States logged a second consecutive day of fewer than 900 coronavirus deaths, as the World Health Organization hailed global progress but warned of the need for "extreme vigilance" against a second wave.. Infection rates in many countries have started to slow, the World Health Organization (WHO) noted, with weeks of lockdown paying dividends.. "The good news is that there has been a great deal of success in slowing the virus and ultimately saving lives," WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a virtual briefing.. Trump, who is desperately seeking to reboot the economy ahead of the November election, said the US was making "tremendous strides" in ramping up testing and the number of virus infections is "coming down very rapidly.. "It's most likely," Boeing CEO David Calhoun told a reporter when asked if a major US airline could go bust over the coming months.. In Europe, where infection rates and death tolls have significantly tailed off, millions of people have begun emerging from lockdown.. But China had no new domestic cases on Tuesday and for the 27th consecutive day there were no deaths..